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door closing echoed across the quiet courtyar
ened eyes for a fraction of a second before his
tened her skirt, regardi
tness. "Forgive me. We were just confirming some last-mi
gravel of the driveway shifting
hed back to
member the humiliation, a hot, metallic taste in my throat, when I rea
k at
before the Syndicate B
d his palm, his blood dripping onto the sacred icon of t
ere nothin
frigid g
e," I said, making sure to emphasize her low rank. "But you
arms crossed over her chest
ous that he prefers
grabbed my upper arm, his g
out ceremony towa
" he barked ov
rag me into the cavernous foyer and d
e walk-in vault where we kep
th of the room like a trapped wolf in front of the safe. "You
ainst the cold, denseulian. You dishonor the Family
stopped
y space, raising a hand
dropped to my hands, which w
fro
h opened
ked, his voice dropping to
d. A Capo's wife without her r
ur bathroom sink
pen the velvet jewelry boxes
tches onto the floor, the gems scatter
ed out ev
na?" he yelled, his face fl
him destro
ian?" I asked, my voice
the middle o
errible to watch, he looke
ger was comp
ff before he
ngle, crystalline moment, Julian saw himself through my eyes-and
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